= Solar Physics White Papers for Astro2010 =

The latest Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, [[http://www.nationalacademies.org/Astro2010|Astro2010]], is underway.  


To assist the survey committee, the scientific community was asked to submit 
[[http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bpa/Astro2010_Request_for_Input.html|white papers]] 
focusing on how understanding of the scientific frontiers in astronomy may be advanced. 
White papers identify
new science opportunities and compelling science themes, place those in the broader scientific
context, and describe the key advances in observation, experiment, and theory necessary to
realize those scientific opportunities within the decade 2010-2020. For details see the
[[http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bpa/Astro2010_White_Paper_FAQ.html|White Paper FAQs]].  
The AAS has instituted an informational ASTRO2010 [[http://aas.org/policy/decadal|resource page]] as well.


Papers have been submitted to one or more of the five thematic 
[[http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bpa/Astro2010_Science_Frontier_Panels.html|Science Frontier Panels]] (SFPs). 
The most directly relevant to solar physics is Thematic Science Area 2: Stars and Stellar Evolution (SSE). 
  . ''This panel will consider science opportunities and themes surrounding stars and stellar evolution, including the Sun as a star, stellar astrophysics, the structure and evolution of single and multiple stars, compact objects, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, solar neutrinos, and extreme physics on stellar scales.''

Note that only ''ground-based'' solar physics projects will be prioritized by the 
[[http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bpa/Astro2010_Program_Prioritization_Panels.html|Program Prioritization Panels]]
according to the [[http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bpa/Astro2010_Task.html|Statement of Task]] to the Survey Committee. 

As a service to help coordinate the solar physics community response, this web page was made available to those interested in preparing a white paper to register their intent and share information. By February 15 authors had submitted their white papers to the Astro2010 committee.

The [[http://www8.nationalacademies.org/astro2010/publicview.aspx|full list]] of submitted white papers includes more than 320 submissions! 

Please contact the listed authors if you have questions.

== Solar Physics Related White Papers for Astro2010 ==


|| || Title || Author || Contact e-mail ||
|| [[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/schrijver_solar_stellar_dynamos_PSF_SSE.pdf|Final]] || Dynamos and Magnetic Fields of the Sun and Other Cool Stars || Carolus Schrijver || schryver@lmsal.com ||
|| [[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/solarchromosphere_whitepaper.pdf|Final]] || The Solar Chromosphere  || Tom Ayres || Thomas.Ayres@colorado.edu ||
|| [[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/Bastian_Particle_Acceleration_SSE.pdf|Final]] || Particle Acceleration || Tim Bastian || tbastian@nrao.edu ||
|| [[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/Gibson_magnetic_energetics_SSE_GCT.pdf|Final]] || Magnetically-Driven Activity in the Solar Corona: A Path to Understanding the Energetics of Astrophysical Plasmas || Sarah Gibson || sgibson@ucar.edu ||
## || || Prominence Magnetometry || Tom Berger || berger@lmsal.com ||
|| [[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/Hill_Solar_Interior_SSE.pdf|Final]] || Stellar Physics of the Solar Interior in the Coming Decade || Frank Hill || hill@noao.edu ||
|| [[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/Kasper-solarhelio-lfa.pdf|Final]] || Solar & Heliospheric Physics with Low Frequency Radio Arrays || Justin Caspar || jkasper@cfa.harvard.edu ||
|| [[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/Fan_flux_emergence_SSE.pdf|Final]] || Magnetic Flux Emergence on Sun-like Stars || Yuhong Fan & Matthias Rempel || yfan@ucar.edu ||
|| [[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/keil_small-scale_solar_magnetic_fields_sse_cfp.pdf|Final]] || Generation, Evolution and Destruction of Solar Magnetic Fields (Measuring and Modeling the Small-Scale Magnetic Flux of the Sun) || Steve Keil || skeil@nso.edu ||
## || || The Small-Scale Dynamo || Craig De``Forest || deforest@boulder.swri.edu ||
|| [[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/Astro2010_Heating_Stellar_Winds.pdf|Final]] || Heating of Stellar Winds || Chris Russell & Lan Jian || ctrussel@igpp.ucla.edu ||
|| [[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/Kosovichev_Solar_Dynamo_and_Magnetic_Self-Organization_SSE.pdf|Final]] || The Solar Dynamo and Magnetic Self Organization || Alexander Kosovichev || sasha@sun.Stanford.EDU ||
|| [[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/Giampapa_SOLAR_ACTIVITY_SSE.pdf|Final]] || Causes of Solar Activity || Mark Giampapa || giampapa@noao.edu ||


 . Please contact jthoeksema@spd.aas.org to add to this list.  
 . Please contact the author to comment on a white paper.